diff --git a/tests/test-archive-symlinks b/tests/test-archive-symlinks
--- a/tests/test-archive-symlinks
+++ b/tests/test-archive-symlinks
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+"$TESTDIR/hghave" symlink || exit 80
+
 origdir=`pwd`
 
 cat >> readlink.py <<EOF